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Media Advisory: SAHRC Gauteng Provincial Office will visit Charlotte Mexeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital on 24 April 2024
Attention: Editors and Reporters
24 April 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) will visit Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) on 24 April 2024.
The hospital is an accredited central hospital, which serves patients from across the Gauteng province, as well as neighbouring provinces. Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital offers a full range of tertiary, secondary and highly specialised services.
24 April 2024
The South African Human Rights Commission Gauteng Provincial Office (GPO) will visit Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) on 24 April 2024.
The hospital is an accredited central hospital, which serves patients from across the Gauteng province, as well as neighbouring provinces. Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital offers a full range of tertiary, secondary and highly specialised services.
The visit follows the Commissions visits since 2021 after a fire that broke out on 16 April 2021, destroying parts of the hospital, medical goods worth R40 million, as well as a large amount of personal protective equipment.
The visit to the hospital seeks to assess the extent of the progress made in rebuilding the sections of the hospital affected by the fire. In addition, the Commission wants to assess the effect the reconstruction has had on the patient care.
The details of the meeting are as follows:
Date Time
24 April 2024 12:00
The meeting is a closed meeting. Queries to follow after the meeting.
For further information or enquiries, please contact Bongiwe Gumede on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Alternatively: Zamantungwa Mbeki (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) on 083 720 6600
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